WWA Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp
2014 Classes/Activities Schedule
Subject to change as plans progress
Sunday, May 18 to Saturday, May 24, 2014: N-I-P Bookcamp Work Week
Registrants arrive Sunday afternoon and leave the following Saturday morning.
Note: This is a tentative schedule; open to suggestions, revisions, and requested topics by registrants; final schedule shall be announced in spring 2014.
Sunday
Afternoon, check in
5:30 p.m. – Welcome Dinner
6:30 p.m. – Introductions and Pep Talk
7 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
10 p.m. – nightly chat for those who like to stay up late
Monday, Tuesday
6 a.m. – morning chat for those who get up early
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30-11:45 a.m. – Classes
Classes will go over insights that consider the key elements of your novel in depth: character development, plot and story, setting, and voice and style issues. These elements need to work well and work together to make your novel better. The instructors will provide the professional guidance to steer emerging novelists to approaches that work well and appeal to literary agents, editors, publishers (and their marketing departments), and most of all, to readers.
Noon – Lunch
1 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
2 p.m. – Critique Groups
4 p.m. – Free Time/One-On-One Sessions
5:30 p.m. – Dinner
7 p.m. – Evening Event/or Sticking Point Solutions
8-10 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
10 p.m. – nightly chat for those who like to stay up late
Wednesday
6 a.m. – morning chat for those who get up early
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30-11:45 a.m. – Classes
Noon – Lunch
1 p.m. – Guest Speaker
Followed by Panel Discussion on “Today’s Blossoming Publishing Market: Traditional Agent/Publisher, Small Publisher, Self-Publishing, Opportunities on the Internet”
4 p.m. – Critique Groups/One-On-One Sessions
5:30 p.m. – Wisconsin Cookout Dinner
7 p.m. – Evening Event/or Sticking Point Solutions
8-10 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
10 p.m. – nightly chat for those who like to stay up late
Thursday
6 a.m. – morning chat for those who get up early
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30-11:45 a.m. – Classes
Noon – Lunch
1 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
2 p.m. – Pitch Writing Groups
5:30 p.m. – Dinner
7 p.m. – Open Mic
8-10 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
10 p.m. – nightly chat for those who like to stay up late
Friday
6 a.m. – morning chat for those who get up early
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30-11:45 a.m. – Classes or Pitch Session Rehearsals
Noon – Lunch
1 p.m. – Pitch Sessions with Agent/Editor, Free/Writing Time, One-On-One Sessions
5:30 p.m. – Closing Banquet; Request Comments and Suggestions
6:30 p.m. – Awards Presentations
8-10 p.m. – Free/Writing Time
10 p.m. – nightly chat for those who like to stay up late
Saturday
7:30 a.m. – Breakfast
7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. – Wrapping Up & Looking Ahead: Your Novel’s Path to Completion & Publication
10 a.m. – Checkout, Travel
